Here you can find various papers mainly about rocket propulsion formerly hosted on www.spl.ch. Our library page act also as an internal library of IBB.ch and SPL, so some publications are not publicly available due the copyright or other reasons.
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- Nitrous Oxide N2O related
- ESA PAPERS (and other European organizations)
- Rocket Noise and mitigation
- NASA SP Papers Chemical Propulsion, old but precious
- Pyro stuff (Safety and maybe more in the future)
Nitrous N2O related publications
- Propellant tank pressurization modeling for a hybrid rocket, by Margaret Mary Fernandez
- NITROUS OXIDE / HYDROCARBON FUEL ADVANCED CHEMICAL PROPULSION: DARPA CONTRACT OVERVIEW, by Roger Herdy Qualis Corporation Huntsville, Alabama
- Combining Residual Gas Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Develop Catalysts for Low Energy N2O Mirco-thrusters. By Euesden, C.; Sermon, P.; Zakirov, V.; Gibbon, D.; University of Surrey, United Kingdom
- DEVELOPMENT OF A NITROUS OXIDE-BASED MONOPROPELLANT THRUSTER FOR SMALL SPACECRAFT
- Nitrous Oxide as a Green Monopropellant for Small Satellites, by J. Wallbank et al.
- N2O Research at Tsinghua: 2003, by V. Zakirov
- N2O PROPULSION RESEARCH AT TSINGHUA: 2006, by Vadim Zakirov(1), Ke Wan(2)
- SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF IRIDIUM- HEXAALUMINATE CATALYSTS FOR NITROUS OXIDE DECOMPOSITION, by Shaomin Zhu, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Aiqin Wang
- PERSPECTIVE CATALYSTS FOR N2O DECOMPOSITION, by T. P. Gaidey(1) et al
- Performance of 1N Model Thruster on Nitrous Oxide, by Vladimir Sadov et al
- Satellite Microthrusters where Catalysts are fed with green premixed N2O-Hydrocarbon Mixes, by P.A. Sermon
- N2O Properties, taken from Cindas Data Series on Material properties, Volume V-1, Properties of Inorganic and Organic Fluids
- Nitrous Oxide State Estimation in Hybrid Rocket Oxidizer Tanks, by Steven Borgdorff
- Review and Evaluation of Models for Self-Pressurizing Propellant Tank Dynamics, by E. Zimmerman, B. S. Waxman
- Mass Flow Rate and Isolation Characteristics of Injectors for Use with Self-Pressurizing Oxidizers in Hybrid Rockets, by E. Zimmerman, B. S. Waxman
- An Update on Surrey Nitrous Oxide Catalytic Decomposition Research, by Vadim Zakirov and Prof. Martin Sweeting
- Investigation of Decomposition Characteristics of Gaseous and Liquid Nitrous Oxide, by G. W. Rhodes, Air Force Weapons Laboratory 1974
- Summary of Nitrous Oxide Investigations, Air Force Weapons Laboratory 1976
- THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF NITROUS OXIDE, BY T. CARLTON-SUTTON
- STUDIES ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF NITROUS OXIDE, by E. STOKES FISHBURNE J).R. NICHOLSON, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- Catalytic Decomposition of nitrous oxide for spacecraft propulsion applications, by V. Zakirov
- Modelling the tank emptying, By Rick Newlands
- Tank emptying code, By Rick Newlands
- The physics of Nitrous Oxide, by Rick Newlands
- Equilibria for mixtures of oxygen with nitrous oxide
- Fluessigkeit/Dampf-Gleichgewichte der binaeren Systeme N2O/O2 bei tiefen Temperaturen und hohen Druecken, by Hannelore Zeitiger
- Catalytic Ignition of Nitrous Oxide With Propane/Propylene Mixtures for Rocket Motors, by Balasubramanyam M.S., Moser M.D., University of Alabama in Huntsville
- The Nitrous Oxide – Propane Rocket Engine, Final Report for BAA 99-22, GASL TR No. 387
- Nitrous Oxide Application for Low-Thrust and Low-Cost Liquid Rocket Engine, by Tomasz Palacz
- Experimental Investigation of a Monopropellant Thruster Using Nitrous Oxide, by L. Hennemann, J. C. de Andrade and F. de Souza Cost
- Research into Resistojet Rockets for small Satellite Applications, by T. J. Lawrence
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF N2O/O2 MIXTURES AS VOLUMETRICALLY EFFICIENT OXIDIZERS FOR SMALL SPACECRAFT HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS, Rob L. Stoddard
- Nytrox as “Drop-in” Replacement for Gaseous Oxygen in SmallSat Hybrid Propulsion Systems, Stephen A. Whitmore
- Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Mixtures (Nytrox) as Oxidizers for Rocket Propulsion Applications, M. Arif Karabeyoglu , (Restricted access)
- Modeling of N2O Decomposition Events, AIAA-2008-4933
- Engineering Model for Self-Pressurizing Saturated-N2O-Propellant Feed Systems, by S. A. Whitmore and S. N. Chandler, AIAA Journal of Propulsion, (Restricted access)
- Densities of Sulfur Hexafluoride and Dinitrogen Monoxide (N2O) over a Wide Temperature and Presure Range in the Sub- and Supercritical States, by Christian Ihmels and Juergen Gmehling, International Journal of Thermophysics Vol 23, No 3, May 2002, (Restricted access)
- Modeling of Propellant Tank Pressurization, Greg Zilliac, AIAA-2005-3549, (Restricted access)
- HYDRAZINE CATALYST PRODUCTION – SUSTAINING S-405 TECHNOLOGY, by E. J. Wucherer, Timothy Cook and Mark Stiefel, (Restricted access)
- NITROUS OXIDE MONOPROPELLANT GAS GENERATOR DEVELOPMENT, by K. A. Lohner and Y. D. Scherson, (Restricted access)
- ESDU 91022 Thermophysical properties of nitrous oxide, (Restricted access)
- Nitrous oxide cooling in hybrid rocket nozzles, by Patrick Lemieux, (Restricted access)
- Development and Testing of a Multiple Use Plug Hybrid for Nanosats MUPHyN , by Shannon D. Eilers, (Restricted access)
- Nitrous oxide as a rocket propellant, by V. Zakirov, (Restricted access)
- Remote Operation for Nitrous Oxide in High-Powered Hybrid Rocketry, by Charles Van Steenwyk, Eric Venenga, and Dr. Dianne DeTurris (Restricted access)
N2O Safety:
- “Safety of Nitrous oxide N2O in rocketry”. by Bruno Berger, Presentation given in the frame of the 4th AMRAS symposium 2007. It’s old, but it is referenced so many times all over the internet so we keep it online. It was one of the first documents about N2O safety available on the Internet. Most of the content is still valid, but some things are outdated
- Scaled Composites Safety Guidelines for N2O
- Rick Newlands paper about hybrid safety (mainly nitrous related stuff)
- Nitrous Oxide Trailer Rupture July 2, 2001, Konrad Munke, Linde Gas AG
- Flame Propagation in Gaseous Nitrous Oxide, A. A. Borisova, K. Ya. Troshina, and Yu. S. Biryulin
- Modeling of N2O Decomposition Events, AIAA-2008-4933
- THE EXPLOSIVE DECOMPOSITION OF NITROUS OXIDE, by Keith William Arthur Guy
- Nitrous Oxide Explosive Hazards, , by Claude Merrill. It heavily references to Bruno’s old “Safety of Nitrous oxide N2O in rocketry” so we integrated it into our library
- Pratt & Whittney Incident 1973
- Investigation of Decomposition Characteristics of Gaseous and Liquid Nitrous Oxide, by G. W. Rhodes, Air Force Weapons Laboratory 1974
- “Untersuchungen von Zerfallsfähigkeit von Disticksoffoxid”, Forschungsbericht 89, Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung BAM, 1983 (“Investigations of the Decomposability of Disticksoffoxide”, Research Report 89, Federal Institute for Materials Testing BAM, 1983)
- Thermal Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide Comparison of Theory with Experiment, by Wendell Forst
- The Thermal Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide at Pressures up to Forty_Athmospheres, by E. Hunter old: 1934
- Cavitation avoidance in nitrous oxide rocket engines using the efficient TRANSIENT 1D downwind prediction, by RUGESCU Radu Dan
- SAFE PRACTICES FOR STORAGE AND HANDLING OF NITROUS OXIDE, by EIGA
- Handling Considerations of Nitrous Oxide in Hybrid Rocket Motor Testing AIAA 2008-4830, by Zachary Thicksten (Restricted access)
N2O Injector design, 2-phase flow modeling etc:
N2O Patents:
- Nytrox-Patent 1 & 2, Space Propulsion Group
- THRUSTER USING NITROUSOXIDE, Patent US2009/0007541
ESA PAPERS (and other European organizations)
- Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Green Propellant for Space Propulsion, In combination with the 4th International Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion Conference, carried out by ESA-ESTEC, 20-22 June 2001 (This opens a new window. Only for IBB.ch internal use. A CD with all papers can be ordered via ESA.
- Proceedings of the 2st International Conference on Green Propellant for Space Propulsion, 2-9 June 04 in Chia Laguna (Cagliari), Sardinia (This opens a new window. Only for IBB.ch internal use. A CD with all papers can be ordered via ESA
- Proceedings of the 3st International Conference on Green Propellant for Space Propulsion, In combination with the 9th International Hydrogen Peroxide Propulsion Conference, carried out by ESA, 17-20 September 2006
- 4th International Spacecraft Propulsion Conference , 2-9 June 04 in Chia Laguna (Cagliari), Sardinia (This opens a new window. Only for SPL internal use.
- Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Launcher Technology, Liquid Propulsion – Liège, Belgium – 3-6 December, 2002 (carried out by CNES,ESA and AAAF)
Rocket noise and mitigation
- NASA-SP-8072 Acoustic loads generated by the propulsion system
- US5422443 Patent. an interesting approach to reduce nose by decelerating the supersonic stream by a compression shock (Used in ICBM silos)
- Study done by Gianni Ermini during his time at SPL to reduce test stand noise (In German only)
- AIAA-93-4383 Progress and problems in Rocket Noise Prediction for Ground Facilities, by Louis C. Sutherland
- AIAA-90-3981 Rocket Noise – A Review, by S. McInerny
- Commercial Space Operations Noise and Sonic Boom Modeling and Analysis (external link), RUMBLE and PCBoom (This directly downloads the executable! So be careful!)
NASA SP Papers Chemical Propulsion
- NASA-SP-8025 Solid rocket motor metal cases (local File)
- NASA-SP-8039 Solid rocket motor performance analysis and prediction. (local File)
- NASA-SP-8041 Captive-fired testing of solid rocket motors (local File)
- NASA-SP-8048 Liquid rocket engine turbopump bearings (local File)
- NASA-SP-8051 Solid rocket motor igniters (local File)
- NASA-SP-8052 Liquid rocket engine turbopump inducers (local File)
- NASA-SP-8064 Solid propellant selection and characterization (local File)
- NASA-SP-8073 Solid propellant grain structural integrity analysis. (local File)
- NASA-SP-8075 Solid propellant processing factor in rocket motor design (local File)
- NASA-SP-8076 Solid propellant grain design and internal ballistics (local File)
- NASA-SP-8080 Liquid rocket pressure regulators, relief valves, check valves, burst disks (local File)
- NASA-SP-8081 Liquid propellant gas generators (local File)
- NASA-SP-8087 Liquid rocket engine fluid-cooled combustion chambers (local File)
- NASA-SP-8088 Liquid rocket metal tanks and tank components (local File)
- NASA-SP-8089 Liquid rocket engine injectors (local File)
- NASA-SP-8090 Liquid rocket actuators and operators (local File)
- NASA-SP-8093 Solid rocket motor internal insulation (local File)
- NASA-SP-8094 Liquid rocket valve components (local File)
- NASA-SP-8097 Liquid rocket valve assemblies (local File)
- NASA-SP-8100 Liquid rocket engine turbopump gears (local File)
- NASA-SP-8101 Liquid rocket engine turbopump shafts and couplings. (local File)
- NASA-SP-8107 Turbopump systems for liquid rocket engines (local File)
- NASA-SP-8109 Liquid rocket engine centrifugal flow turbopumps (local File)
- NASA-SP-8110 Liquid rocket engine turbines (local File)
- NASA-SP-8112 Pressurization systems for liquid rockets (local File)
- NASA-SP-8113 Liquid rocket engine combustion stabilization devices (local File)
- NASA-SP-8114 Solid rocket thrust vector control (local File)
- NASA-SP-8115 Solid rocket motor nozzles (local File)
- NASA-SP-8119 Liquid rocket disconnects, couplings, fittings, fixed joints, and seals (local File)
- NASA-SP-8120 Liquid rocket engine nozzles (local File)
- NASA-SP-8121 Liquid rocket engine turbopump rotating-shaft seals (local File)
- NASA-SP-8123 Liquid rocket lines, bellows, flexible hoses, and filters (local File)
- NASA-SP-8124 Liquid rocket engine self-cooled combustion chambers (local File)
- NASA-SP-8125 Liquid rocket engine axial-flow turbopumps (local File)
- NASA-SP-8126 Glossary of terms and table of conversion factors used in design of chemical propulsion systems. (local File)
Pyro Stuff (Safety, Igniters, solid propellant etc)
- Safety recommendations when dealing with pyrotechnical compounds